Pimoidae

The Pimoidae spider family is a rather small group of 25 species in three genera. They are monophyletic, and probably closest related to the Linyphiidae.

Distribution

The Pimoidae form a relictual group along the western coast of North America, Europe (Alps, Apennines and Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain) and the Himalayas. This makes a holarctic predecessor probable. In 2003, a species was found in Japan.

Genera

• Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005

* Nanoa enana Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005 — USA

• Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 — North America, Asia, Europe (22 species)
• Weintrauboa Hormiga, 2003

* Weintrauboa chikunii (Oi, 1979) — Russia, Japan

* Weintrauboa contortipes (Karsch, 1881) — Russia, Japan

See also

• List of Pimoidae species
• Spider families

Footnotes

References

• (1994): A Revision and Cladistic Analysis of the Spider Family Pimoidae (Araneoidea: Araneae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 549.
• (2003): Weintrauboa, a new genus of pimoid spiders from Japan and adjacent islands, with comments on the monophyly and diagnosis of the family Pimoidae and the genus Pimoa (Araneoidea, Araneae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 261-281. PDF
• (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.